Comb cleaner



Oct. 5 1926; 1,602,255

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Patented Get. 5, 1926.

JACOB SCHMID, OF REDVIOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA.

COIEB CLEANER.

Application filed April 25, 1925. Serial No. 25,882.

which will automatically maintain the wires under any tension at all times.

A still further object is to produce a de vice wherein the cleaning wires are formed of one continuous wire.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. 7

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved comb cleaner,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the wire carrying device,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail end view,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail view showing the manner of attaching the handle,

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view showing the arrangement of the wires.

It is a well known fact that combs after having been passed through the hair, collect a considerable amount of lint which. taken with the natural oil of the hair is deposited upon the teeth of the comb, with the result that the comb becomes dirty and unsanitary.

I have therefore provided a device which will effectively remove this deposit from the teeth of the comb in a minimum amount of time.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a handle which is attached as by a screw 6 to a Z-shaped supporting element 7. This supporting element has two parallel portions 8 and. 9 which are grooved as shown at 11 and 12.

opposite side of the device.

This element is preferably constructed of a resilient material so as to maintain the tension of the wire to be coiled thereon, as will be later described.

lt will'be noted that the grooves 11 are spaced further apart than the grooves 12, the reason for which is that when winding a wire upon the device one end is soldered as for instance the end 8, and wound through one of the grooves 11 to a corresponding groove in the end 9, thence around the end 9 and through one of the grooves 12 in that end, and thence to the corresp0nding groove 12 in the end 8. With the second convolution the wire is carried through the same groove 11 as the first wire butvis I carried through a new groove 12, with the result that convolutions of wire thus present a plurality of single strands as shown at 13 upon one side of the device, and a plurality of double strands as shown at 14, upon the 15 indicates a covering of solder which is applied to the parallel portions 8 and 9 and serves not only to maintain the wires 14 in proper alignment butalso functions to strengthen the device.

'The manner of using my device is as follows j The comb is held in one hand and moved into contact with the device so that the teeth will straddle the wires. Assuming that the user is desirous of cleaning the course teeth, these teeth will straddle the wire 14, then with a back and forth motion, similar to that employed in filing, and by pressing slightly to either side of the teeth, the dirt will be scraped from the teeth, and by moving the comb the entire length of the device, it will be evident that the inclined portion of the Z-shaped member will act as a cam to raise and lower the comb, thereby cleaning the entire length of the teeth from base to tip. The line teeth are cleaned in a similar mannerwith the exception that the wires The numeralmay be resorted to withoutvdeparting from s the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Iaving thus described my invention, 1 claim In a device of the character described, a handle, a resilient- Z-shaped supporting member having two substantially parallel end portions, and a Wire Wound on said supporting member in such a manner as to produce a plurality of parallel strands, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JACOB SCI-1MB). 

